Martin Mayiani

Operations Specialist

Martin was born and raised in Lenkisem, Kajiado County, Kenya. He moved to the US in 2013 to attend James Madison University where he studied Integrated Science and Technology with a concentration in Information and Knowledge Management.

At JMU, Martin worked for the JMU Micro-Computing Labs as a Lab Assistant for his first two years of college and as a Student Manager for his last two years of college. Martin graduated from JMU in May 2017 and joined the WMRA team in August 2017.

Martin spends his leisure time playing and watching soccer and volleyball. Martin is interested in Data Science and Machine Learning.

Ways to Connect

Our October Books & Brews features author William Gerouxdiscussing his book The Mathews Men: A heroic story through the experiences of one extraordinay family whose seven sons (and their neighbors), U.S mercant mariners all, suddenly found themselves squarely in the cross-hairs of the U-boats bearing down on the coastal United States in 1942.

Join us on Saturday,July 28 at 7:30 a.m., at Darden Towne Park for a PR (Personal Record) for Public Radio 5K race , a flat cinder path that runs above the Rivanna River along the same route that Thomas Jefferson use to ride his horse from Monticello to town. All entrants will receive the first ever "PR for Public Radio 5K" short-sleeve cotton t-shirt. Packet pick up begins at 6:45 a.m.

Our Fall season begins in September with a discussion of the honky-tonk music scene in Winchester that provided Patsy Cline the space to thrive. October focuses on Matthews County, Virginia, where seven sons (and their neighbors) joined the U.S. merchant mariners and fended of German U-boats during WWII. November gives us an opportunity to clean house, literally and figuratively. December looks back to the civil war and how two counties divided by the Mason-Dixon Line, Augusta, Virginia, and Franklin, Pennsylvania, experienced the war and the reconstruction that followed.

WMRA’s May Books & Brews features author Allison Garcia discussing her novel, Vivir el Dream, which is about an undocumented college student trying to make her way in the world, exploring her Christian faith, and also coming to terms with why her mother brought her from Mexico.

Due to inclement weather, Journalist Sam Quinones cannot attend our Bonus Books and Brews event. Storyteller, former LA Times reporter, and author Sam Quinones was scheduled to discuss his most recent book, Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic at a Bonus March Books & Brews. And unfortunately, we will not be able to reschedule this event.

WMRA’s March Books & Brews features author Sharyn McCrumb discussing her book,The Unquiet Grave, a finely-wrought novel set in 19th Century West Virginia, based on a true story of one of the strangest murder trials in American history- The case of the Greenbrier Ghost.

Sarah McCammon will be giving a talk about her own personal background and experiences as a member station reporter, what she and others are doing and how they work with member stations to tell stories about their communities.

She will also touch on her path to NPR mainly focusing on covering the Trump 2016 campaign. A question and answer session will follow her talk.